Two injured in accident on I-57 after allegedly fleeing Farina Police

Two individuals from northern Illinois were injured in a one vehicle accident on Monday night in Effingham County, about one mile north of Edgewood. Illinois State Police reports indicate a vehicle driven by 20 year old Anthony Quinn of Glenwood, Illinois was traveling northbound on I-57 at a high rate of speed, as State Police say Quinn was fleeing from a Farina Police Officer. State Police reports say Quinn passed a vehicle on the left, lost control of the vehicle, went off the roadway on the right and rolled into a ditch, with the vehicle coming to rest on it’s top. Quinn and a passenger, 18 year old Ashley Johnson of Glenwood, were both transported by ambulance to St. Anthony’s Hospital in Effingham. The Illinois State Police adds that charges are pending.